Definitions for: Frail


[n] a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
[n] the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
[adj] easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"
[adj] having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only human"; "frail humanity"
[adj] physically weak; "an invalid's frail body"



Webster (1913) Definition: Frail, n. [OE. fraiel, fraile, OF. fraiel, freel, frael,
fr. LL. fraellum.]
A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and
raisins.

2. The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or
seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.

3. A rush for weaving baskets. --Johnson.


Frail, a. [Compar. Frailer; superl. Frailest.] [OE.
frele, freile, OF. fraile, frele, F. fr[^e]le, fr. L.
fragilis. See Fragile.]
1. Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to
fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life;
weak; infirm.

That I may know how frail I am. --Ps. xxxix.
4.

An old bent man, worn and frail. --Lowell.

2. Tender. [Obs.]

Deep indignation and compassion. --Spenser.

3. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong
against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; --
often applied to fallen women.

Man is frail, and prone to evil. --Jer. Taylor.

Synonyms: breakable, decrepit, delicate, fallible, feeble, fragile, human, imperfect, infirm, sapless, weak, weakly

Antonyms: robust

See Also: basket, handbasket, unhealthy, weight, weight unit

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